A stylised brass mosquito-like insect stands beside an unlabelled amber bottle on slate with a dried sprig.

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The Grasshopper

He's comitted pesticide!

— James and the Giant Peach • 1996

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The mistaken phrase comitted pesticide turns insect-killing vocabulary into a dark joke. It does not identify what happened or establish a method.

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